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McCartney on Beatles and iTunes: “One Day It’s Going to Happen”

In case you still haven’t listened to the Beatles in your entire life and you’re hoping their catalogue will be available someday on iTunes, perhaps you should stop hoping and go buy a compilation out there.

As Sir Paul McCartney reports: “To tell you the truth I don’t actually understand how it’s got so crazy. I know iTunes would like to do it, so one day it’s going to happen. It’s been business hassles. Not with us, or iTunes. It’s the people in the middle, the record label. There have been all sorts of reasons why they don’t want to do it.”

As usual, record labels are the problem in this matter. Maybe they don’t understand Apple’s system and policies, or maybe they just don’t want to. EMI also joins the debate:

“Discussions are ongoing. We would love to see The Beatles’ music available for sale digitally.”

Sure, ongoing. I won’t hold my breath.

[9to5mac via DistortedLoop]

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Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

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